show moreIRRRB reworks loan to Excelsior Energy
EVELETH — Minnesota lawmakers who make up the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board on Monday gave their blessing to a plan to restructure a $9.15 million loan with troubled Excelsior Energy.
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Bricks be gone
Chris Johnson, with the City of Duluth, uses a front-end loader to scrap and pile bricks from a section of Superior Street between Second and Third Avenues West Monday afternoon. The work is a temporary fix to remove damaged bricks and repave the street with asphalt in time for Grandma's Marathon. (Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)
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Here is what happened in the A&E world since we last talked: Lawrance Bernabo reviewed Chicago Sunday night at Symphony Hall and got a bit nostalgic for a slow-dance partner from back in the day....
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A tiny duckling got into some big trouble Monday when it got separated from its family after falling into a storm drain while waddling across Hammond Avenue in Superior. Tyree Johnson told the Supe...
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IN THE BLACKPurex Buy 1 Get 2 Free
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Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
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